Improvement in curtain-rollers



.c. M. FAIRMAN & J. A. HENDERSON.

Curtain-Ro'lier.

No. 131,864.. Patented 0c!.l,1872

WITNESSES. INVENTORS 24 16 WWW UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES MhFAIRM AN AND JAMES HENDERSON, OF PITTSBURG, PA.

. lMPROVEME NT IN CURTAIN-ROLLERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 131,864, dated October 1, 1872.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that we, UHAS. M. FAIRMAN and JAMES A. HENDERSON, of Pittsburg; in the county of Allegheny and State of Benntures; and consists in the novel construction.

of the roller and the arrangement of the curtain, as hereinafter described.

In the drawing, A represents the roller, con structed in two semi-cylindrical parts, corre "spondingly tongued and grooved or fluted ata so as to fit closely together. B B represent the roller-caps, constructed with the lugs O to hold between them the ends of the roller, secured thereto by screws 12. G designates the curtain, secured to the roller by being placed between the two parts composing it. in this position the curtain is held tightly by the fluted clamp a. and the use of tacks dispensed with. The object of makingthe adjacent or inner surfaces of the roller-section fluted is to prevent the curtain from being drawn out when hanging at full length, or when. the joint becomes enlarged by expansion of the wood or from other causes. The parts of the roller may be held together between the caps by the use of one or more screws.

Claim.

The improved curtain-roller A,"constructed in two semi-cylindrical sections, fluted or grooved on the inside at a, and secured closely together by means of the cylindrical caps B covering the ends of the sections, and having lugs U for the insertion of screws, substantially as specified.

In testimony that we claim the above w 1 have hereunto subscribed our names in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES M. FAIRMAN. JAMES A. HENDERSON.

' Witnesses:

HALL PA'rTERsoN, V J. H. McRoBER'rs. 

